I respect your opinion. But I will say that there is nothing normal about the Miami incident, Or the Maryland incident- heck the majority of them
aren't really that normal- for instance the 11 year old child (which you stated is 'normal') overpowered an adult to such an extent that she had
multiple bruises, cuts, and several bite marks and was 'bloodied'.

What's normal about that?

I think that if you had a more open mind and this was less tied to a "zombie" theory perhaps you could see what I am trying to get across.

do you realize that if there were Zombies how with no blood pumping to muscle tissue or to brain matter would thyey be able to function?
Dead is dead.
There are allot of crazies out there on some really wierd drugs. Or maybe it is being a action of Fear.
Fear does rule.
Plus, after watching man destroy man for over 57 years and being a student of History I know Man and Man hates man.
Go to a Bar and have a few Beer's.
Hang with your friends and smke some Pot.
In the Bar someone insults you. What happens? The Beast in Man comes roaring forth.
Now say someone who is high say's something offensive, What Happens? Nothing really cuse most people who are High don't get angry and become the
Beast.
If someone is eating someone it is either a sickness or just outright crazy.
Zombie's can't possibly be they are corpse's.
Plus you got me wrong I am very sarcastic. Did you ever realize some peole aren't degative just sarcastic.
Though people who follow along as sheep are Zombie in doing so mentally weak individuals.
Oh and I got a great life darl'in. Even a great wife and grandkid's. Your in Jersey how great could that be and I should know I went to Bergen Tech
and lived there for 16 yrs growing up.
Jersey is the Chemical State and attitude State. You even have sign on the Turnpike for aggressive drivers call this niumber. How bad is that. Where
there is a school for you to learn to drive aggressively Ha Ha.
Peace is in the Mountains were everyone knows your name and everyone pack's a gun on their hip legally. We ain't got no crime in my town honey and
no Zombies either.

I'm more thankful that this thread didn't lose it's substance through negative comments, etc.
It's a pleasant surprise to see everyone really trying to be helpful and work towards keeping track of these events.

Originally posted by syrinx high priest
is this unusual or a media frenzy ?

how many cannibal events per year worldwide ?

I don't really know to be honest but I will look into cannibalism statistics, thank you for the idea!

I will say that while researching there were a lot of events that came up that didn't fit the time frame, so I'm sure it's a lot more common then
the media wants you to know, but I will also say that I didn't see events happen everyday for a week ( which it did here) but like I said I haven't
really researched it yet so I will let you know.

One of the most famous commentators and critics, has concluded, "I have been unable to uncover adequate documentation of cannibalism as a custom in
any form for any society. . . . The idea of the 'other' as cannibals, rather than the act, is the universal phenomenon" (Arens 1979, p. 139).

Kuru causes physiological as well as neurological effects that ultimately lead to death. It was endemic among the Fore tribe of Papua New Guinea and
was confined to the Fore population and those nearby populations with whom they intermarried. It is characterized by truncal ataxia, preceded by
headaches, joint pains and shaking of the limbs. Trembling is present in almost all patients with transmissible spongiform encephalopathy; Kuru is
also known as "shiver".[7] The preclinical or asymptomatic phase, also called the incubation period, lasts between possibly 5 to 20 years following
initial exposure. The clinical stage lasts an average of 12 months.[8] The symptoms of Kuru are broken down into three specific stages. The first,
ambulant stage, exhibits unsteady stance and gait, decreased muscle control, tremors, deterioration of speech and dysarthria (slurred speech). In the
second stage, sedentary stage, the patient is incapable of walking without support, suffers ataxia (loss of muscle coordination) and severe tremors.
Furthermore, the victim is emotionally unstable, depressed, yet having uncontrolled sporadic laughter. Interestingly, the tendon reflexes are still
normal at this point. In the final, terminal stage, the patient is incapable of sitting without support, suffers severe ataxia (no muscle
coordination), is unable to speak, is incontinent (unable to restrain natural discharges/evacuations of urine or feces), has dysphagia (difficulty
swallowing), is unresponsive to their surroundings, and acquires ulcerations (sores with pus and necrosis). An infected person usually dies within 3
months to 2 years after the first symptoms, often because of pneumonia or pressure sores infection

It also seems more common in starvation/ritual cases then just eating people because of a psychotic episode.

I can't find any statistics on it, and actually, several article I just read stated that there aren't really any and even the once that are out (which
I can't seem to find) aren't reliable because the included mostly ritualistic behaviors by tribespeople.

I was watching River Monsters last night, and it was about these fish that were biting off guy’s penises and balls. Naturally I couldn’t look
away. When they figured out what fish was doing it, it was called a pacu, a native fish from the amazon that is a vegetarian it was brought over to
papua new guinea, where it turned into a carnavoir that attacks everything from ducks to alligators. And it has human like teeth…. wtf. On a side
note- When Jeremy Wade was looking for bait he figured he better use something that tasted like HUMAN FLESH. And since he was in papua new guinea, he
figured he could ask the cannibals what tastes most like human meat. Apparently it’s pork.

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